Obituaries for DiAnn Daily and Perry Waller… MORE
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Obituaries: Gannaway
Obituary for Orville Gannaway… MORE
Obituary: Little
Fabiene Leigh Little, 66, of Fairbury, passed away April 23, 2016, at Jewish Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO.… MORE
Obituaries: Rhodes
Obituary for Daniel Rhodes… MORE
Superstar artist Prince has passed
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Obituary: Lucille J. Meyer
Bloomington – Lucille J. Meyer 102, of Bloomington passed away at 9:40 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2016 at Heritage Health Care in Bloomington. Her funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bloomington with Rev. Billy Newell officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the…… MORE
Obituary: Rathbun
Doris Ann Rathbun, 77, of Colfax, passed away at 3:00pm, Sunday, April 17, 2016 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.… MORE
Obituaries: Thompson
Anita Mae Thompson, 85 of Bloomington; formerly of Fairbury passed away at 2:05 pm, Friday, April 15, 2016 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington.… MORE
Parenting a transgender child
When their child Ryland was 5 years old, Hillary and Jeff Whittington wrote their friends and family a letter. The letter was to inform their loved ones that Ryland, born biologically female, would be transitioning gender. Around three years of age Ryland began to insist on being called a boy. “At first we thought it…… MORE
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Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…